Example sentences of "over the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent 's face . |
| 2 | If so , provide an opening yourself and as the opponent goes for it , rock back and punch over the top . |
| 3 | It was a simple matter to walk up the body of the tree and swing over the top . |
| 4 | I simply urge you to be reasonable and not go over the top . ’ |
| 5 | It may then penetrate the side of a tank or fly over the top . |
| 6 | Sprinkle the mixed herbs between each layer and finally slice the mushrooms and place over the top of the vegetables . |
| 7 | Situations which involve deeper water out of doors need very careful supervision , but a small group of children with an adult could visit a bridge to watch boats move underneath as cars and buses go over the top . |
| 8 | Mix together the breadcrumbs and cheese and sprinkle over the top . |
| 9 | Start with table decorations : go over the top with a bright festive tablecloth and napkins . |
| 10 | I 'm scared that sometimes I go over the top with too many solos in the one song , but I try and keep them as simple as I can . |
| 11 | ‘ Juries are sympathetic towards people who have been provoked and who are defending their property and go over the top , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Aim over the top of the microphone rather than at it . |
| 13 | And if you go over the top the police could charge you with various types of assault , depending on the damage done . |
| 14 | But sometimes they go over the top with tricks to get you to buy . |
| 15 | Sometimes they just go over the top . |
| 16 | Robert Sherwood ‘ could not detect a single flaw — not one error of taste or of authenticity ’ and he particularly appreciated the absence of ‘ scenes wherein the doughboys dash over the top carrying the American flag ’ . |
| 17 | Cut the remaining sheet of pastry into diamond shapes and scatter over the top . |
| 18 | And we all used to climb up and fall over the top anyway . |
| 19 | Along the road , another glimpse of the Buller of Buchan : they claim that in stormy weather the waves crash over the top of the Buller , a full two hundred feet . |
| 20 | Do you now , just now and then , go ‘ over the top ’ , just to get noticed ? |
| 21 | Occasionally and inevitably they go over the top — but that 's in the nature of risk . |
| 22 | A group of youngsters can often come down to the river and go over the top |
| 23 | Life 's basic needs remains fairly constant — but we juggle the formula for fulfilment of these needs , until having reached a frenzy we go ‘ over the top ’ and the formula has to be reassembled . |
| 24 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |